BRITISH EMPIRE: ?‰?”400,000

Earl
Farquhar, Court Official, banker and politician, left the British Royal
Family the bulk of his fortune, valued at Â£400,000 (nearly $2,000,000).

The Earl was best man at the wedding of the Duke of Fife
and the Princess Royal, King George's eldest sister; consequently he
made their two daughters, Princess Arthur of Connaught* and Princess
Maud his principal legatees.

Princess Arthur receives half of the
residuary estate absolutely; of the remainder, after other bequests
have been met, half is hers in trust for life and the...